Surigao Norte all set for May 13 elections
By Susil D. Ragas
SURIGAO CITY, May 11 (PIA) – The officials from
Commission on Elections and Philippine National Police today said they are all
set for the May 13 elections here in Surigao del Norte.
Comelec here revealed that a total of 492 PCOS
machines were all successfully tested with reformatted compact flash cards
(CFCs) in its best configuration to provide a 100% accurate reading of results.
A security plan and police deployment are
already enforced to ensure peaceful and orderly elections in the entire
province. Police personnel are assigned to the vicinity of the polling
precincts.
“We are all hoping and praying that we will
carry on the success of the 2010 May elections with no untoward incident,”
Police Inspector Tessiel Ruby Moleta said.
Inspector Moleta particularly pointed out the
manning of the checkpoints “24 hours” by the PNP-Provincial Public Safety
Company .
COMELEC and PNP officials here are hopeful that
the conduct of the 2nd automated election on Monday will be peaceful, orderly
and successful. (SDR/PIA-Surigao del Norte)
